"April Olrich," the ballet dancer whom "Baron" adored, and who carried him to the summit of fame; he, in turn, made of her a model of silent beauty...

It happened once that a customer visited him and bought this picture; but that stirred the jealousy of the customer's wife, who refused to live with so alluring a picture under one roof.

And the captivating beauty of "Maureen O'Leary"... His automobile led him to her as he was driving about London and stopped at a gasoline station; this girl came out to fill his tank, and that day he gave her his card and invited her to come to the photographic "studio"... What drew him to her was her striking resemblance to "Greta Garbo," and he made her a fashion model after she had failed at acting.

In these pictures you meet a legend of which the world's newspapers are speaking today, now that it has vanished from the world of the living...

This legend is made up of a man and a camera, which began together in 1936... The man has left the stage, and his machine, which immortalized him, remains...

Weeks ago, death carried off "Baron," the artist whose passion for his art drove him to frequent society, to enter palaces, to keep company with princes and kings, and then to venture to the very edge of death for the sake of a single "shot" — exactly as happened to him once, when he made his way into the snake garden and was attacked by a "cobra" that nearly cost him his life...

And here are some of the pictures "Baron" left in his "album"... among the finest a "camera" has ever immortalized...